If the null hypothesis is true in a test of the Pearson’s correlation between X and Y, then __________.   a. higher scores of X are paired with higher scores of Y   b. none of mentioned here   c. higher scores of X are paired with low and high scores of Y   d. higher scores of X are paired with lower scores of Y   e. lower scores of X are paired with higher scores of Y

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If the null hypothesis is true in a test of the Pearson’s correlation between X and Y, then __________.

  a.

higher scores of X are paired with higher scores of Y

  b.

none of mentioned here

  c.

higher scores of X are paired with low and high scores of Y

  d.

higher scores of X are paired with lower scores of Y

  e.

lower scores of X are paired with higher scores of Y

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